yokefellow

[ yohk-fel-oh ]

noun

1. an associate or companion, especially at work; partner.
2. a spouse.

yokefellow

/ ˈjəʊkˌfɛləʊ /

noun

1. archaic.
   a working companion

Word History and Origins

Origin of yokefellow¹

1520–30; yoke ¹ + fellow, translation of Greek sýzygos

Example Sentences

Pippin had been frightened, a thing that had hardly happened since the days when fear was his yokefellow, day and night.

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Why, also, is Juno united to him as his wife, who is called at once "sister and yokefellow?"

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So he appeals to some old comrade at Philippi, whom he calls his "genuine yokefellow," to lend a hand.

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She has not been sedulously trained to pull her way, when she is to go into harness with a yokefellow.

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Give them the victory, First have they greeted thee; Give them the victory, Yokefellow mine!

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